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NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's workhorse B-52B launch aircraft, known as NASA 008, displays new markings. |
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Photo Number: | EC04-0197-4 |
Photo Date: | June 15, 2004 |
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Formats: | 495x480 JPEG Image (134 KBytes) 1056x1024 JPEG Image (532 KBytes) 2474x2400 JPEG Image (2856 KBytes) |
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Photo Description: |
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's workhorse B-52B launch aircraft, known as NASA 008, displays new markings.
"Dryden Flight Research Center" appears in black lettering and "NASA" is painted in larger red script on the starboard (right) side of the nose. The new livery reflects for the first time identification of the workhorse aircraft as a NASA Dryden asset. Most of the aircraft's markings are the original U.S. Air Force markings dating back to the mid-1950's. A prominent yellow band with "NASA" in black on the aircraft's vertical tail dates back to that time, and has been used on many NASA aircraft from the Agency's birth in 1958 through the early 1970's. NASA 008 turns 50 years old in 2005. The historical aircraft's last research flight was the launch of the third scramjet-powered X-43A. The B-52B was formally retired on December 17, 2004. |
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NASA Photo by: | Tony Landis |
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Keywords: | B-52B, B-52, launch aircraft, new paint scheme, 008, X-43A |
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